heads filled with ideas. so get ready for the brain, a 40 to the answer to almost everything starts january 15th on d, w. mm hm. ah ah, this is dw news lie from berlin. farewell to the former pope with the bells ring at saint peter's the silica marking. the death of the former pontiff benedict. the 16th tribute to the 95 year old began to flood in from around the world. our correspondent reports from the

vatican, also coming up revellers around the world are ringing in the new year with the asian pacific region, the 1st to usher in 2023. sidney. welcome. the new year with a spectacular fireworks display over its harbor. more than a 1000000 people are on hand. meanwhile, in germany, chance are all of the shows that uses his traditional new years, the the dresser to pledge continued support for ukraine. ah, i'm marian evans, dean, welcome. pope frances has described his predecessor as a noble kind man who was a gift to the church and the world. former po benedict. the 16th died earlier today at the age of 95 hope frances honored been

a day of the 16th at an evening service in st. peter's basilica in rome. benedict health had been in decline for several years and had been largely absent from public born use of rod singer. he was the 1st german po in nearly 500 years. and he was the 1st hope in modern times to voluntarily step down. a spokesman for the holy seas said benedict, passed away at his home inside the vatican d w. special correspondent abraham is asked the vatican for us and i asked her how people there have been reacting to the news of the former pontiff passing a well marianna. there's a lot of sadness, of course, i mean, former a coke. now late po bennett, the 16th was, you know, despite his retirement still, you know, a major figure here in the vatican. so there is a lot of sadness and mourning over his legacy at the same time. there's also

a sense of acceptance for the public has in a way, been prepared for this news. already. on wednesday, the current sitting pope, pope francis had asked the faithful during his audience to pray for. pope benedict's discreet assessor. seeing that his health had deteriorated and of course, po benedict had retired almost a decade ago due to advanced age. so there's a sense of sorrow and sadness some morning. but at the same time, i would say that the sense of acceptance is already here. and here we know that the funeral itself isn't going to be taking place at least for another couple of days. so what will be happening next? break. so there was a bit of confusion confusion. as soon as the announcement was made, the announcement of former pope benedict death was this is really an, an kind of almost unprecedented situation rule that you have 2 hopes living at the

same time. of course, the protocol for what happens when a sitting pope dies is quite established and well known. but for a former pope who after retirement chose to stay in the vatican, there were a lot of question marks and speculation, but we do know now that on monday, pope benedict's body will be lying in state for mourners to come and pay their last respects the funeral and on thursday, and we know from the vatican that his wish it was that this would be it. this printer would be a humble, simple funeral. and he described himself as a humble and simple man. and so he wants a funeral in that image. at the same time, he is a former head of state of the vatican as well as the pope. you know, he has a dual function and so we can expect dignitaries, heads of state representative of diplomats and delegations. to the holy c,

it's also be present at that funeral. definitely use abraham reporting for us from room and thank you so much. and we now have this look back at the life of former po benedict, the 16th saint peter's square in rome, april 2005 got the name that's in get it. joseph rat. singer is elected pope benedict, the 16th he's in your to kind of denali the lord. god. the rules have chosen me a simple and humble worker in the vineyard of the lord lavine others. senor, the new polk from germany will make history, but leave a troublesome legacy. joseph rat, cigna was born in bavaria in 1927. he was the youngest child of a strictly religious family. he studied and then taught theology,

and he ascended the hierarchy of the catholic church. in 1977, he was appointed archbishop of munich. shortly afterwards, he was made a cardinal. then pope john paul, the 2nd, brought him to the vatican where he was made prefect of the influential congregation for the doctrine of the faith. and when john paul died in 2005 rats and became his successor, the new pope had a reputation for being quiet, modest and an arch conservative. he was also an intellectual and was not a man of grand gesture like his previous s. a was even so his 1st trip to world youth day in germany would seem to success. hundreds of thousands came to cheer him as pope, he saw himself as the guardian of the faith of the catholic church and was a strict advocate of celibacy. he criticized the recognition of same sex

relationships and condemned doctor super formed abortions. ready benedict sought dialogue with other religions seeking contact with the leaders of the christian orthodox churches. he also tried to improve relations with islam and judaism. but there were also setbacks. for example, when he brought the controversial society a st pious back into the church, even though some of its leaders were anti c mites and holocaust deniers. but it was the child abuse scandals in the church that cost the dog shadow benedict bon ticket . more and more cases involving catholic clergy came to light in more and more countries. the pope spoke of his shame and he promised transparency. but his critics said he didn't do enough. years later, the scandal was to catch up with him again. at the beginning of 2013 benedict received some cardinals in rome. it was

a routine meeting that became highly controversial because the pope declared he was stepping down at nab him sung to pages this church. this ship and peter proclaimed the gospel for this strength of body and spirit and necessary that is a strength that has diminished me in recent months to such an existence that i must recognize my inability to continue to carry out properly. the ministry entrusted to me and your the news provoked surprise and dismay. in more than 600 years, no pope had resigned his own volition. there was plenty of sympathy though, and hundreds of thousands of people came to benedict's last audiences. type benedict left office on february the 28th 2013 a few weeks later and there was an image for the history books to pope's standing side by side. the ameritas benedict promised obedience to his successor pipe

frances. in the years that followed, benedict rarely showed himself in public but at the beginning of 2022, the report of the new inquiry into the abuse scandal in germany was published it incriminated benedict, the 16th during his time is archbishop. he is said to have accepted a priest, although it was known that the man had abused children on multiple occasions. benedict had his private secretary read out a letter in which he rejected any personal guilt and offered an apology to cindy me . oh, come, you couldn't come to the unquote own avoid up as on other occasions, i can only express once again. my deep shame, my great pain, foamed up and my sincere apologies to an old victims of sexual abuse. here since she had a demand that the fair adorn benedict critics said,

he was shirking his responsibility. the ameritas pope himself wrote in one of his last letters that he would soon appear before the eternal judge sibyl, and was confident that he would be forgiven. let's get you up to speed now. some of the other stories making headlines around the world. a norway based human rights group says at least one person has been killed in giovanni rude, a kurdish city in western iran video posted on social media is believed to show the revolutionary guards clashing with protesters. people had gathered to commemorate the 40th day after the killing of 7 kurdish demonstrators. as 2023 approaches, croatia is preparing for change. the u member is said to join the open border shang an area at midnight and adopt the common currency. the europe croatia joined the 27

nations walk in 2013 to dump the euro croatia had to fulfill a set of strict economic conditions. let's turn our attention now to the war in ukraine. russia has carried out another wave of massive strikes across the country with air raid warnings throughout much of the day in all of ukraine's 25 administrative regions. the ukrainian capital bore the brunt of the attacks where at least 10 explosions were reported. caves, mayor metallic, which goes at, at least one person was killed. and a japanese journalist was among those injured in the environment which his residential buildings, ukrainian army officials said russia launched 20 cruise missiles over ukraine on saturday afternoon, 12 of which were shot down by ukrainian forces. well, as the world celebrates the new year across ukraine, the year is ending with many people for us to take shelter from russian attacks. i

asked our correspondent manuel shars innkeeper to tell us what it's been like for ukrainians to day. oh maria, i was a very scary day even here and a capital key. every had an air red alert, which lasted 3 hours. and i'm here in front of our hotel, which has been shared by a russian messiah, and where 20 people were injured. one person died today in those attacks. it was extremely scary in the city center over there. you mentioned it, at least 10 explosions. we heard them or even from the shelter they were not was are in the cities in the city center, earth shattering. so it was not exactly a new year's e boss. people were hoping to have. they were hoping to have a quiet day. it had began as i, it had begun as a sunny day. and then all of a sudden everybody was there having to take shelter under grounds. it was very scary and that's unfortunately a daily reality for millions of ukrainians. australia is welcome. 2023, with

a bang as people across the country is celebrated their 1st normal new year's eve. since the pandemic around 1000000 people are thought to have turned out to see sydney's famous harbor fireworks display hundreds of millions more watched from around the world. the theme of this years display was diversity and inclusion with some 8th tongues of fire worth being set up. and here in germany, chance are all of schultz heads delivered his annual new year's eve address to the nation. this year speech focused on one of the main events that shaped the year the warren ukraine, as well as the challenges it has posed for germany. the war in ukraine and its consequences dominated the year in german politics. in his new year address, chancellor, olaf sholtes unequivocally condemned the russian leader putting ought to be put in his conducting in b, lismore off aggression of the heart of europe. these,

this watershed moment is also a doubt, as for us and our country on the harp to pauper on fear, allen, we're all feeling the effects of the war in our everyday lives talk. but my grand shopping in the supermarket at the patrol station and warping our electricity, our gas bills, regardless of the consequences, germany has been supporting ukraine in fighting the war. chancellor sholtes pledged further help the keys and its war effort. he also praised the wes cohesion, the old parish, or noon of the european union and need to and not split as they have been in various crises of the boston little guy. and the longer the sat and more united than ever dodge dunsen in re and germany did not bow down. when russia turned on the guys to some of that, he thought because he refused to be a blackmail restructuring. the german energy infrastructure and the economic relief packages drawn up by schultz is government, have already cost the state billions of euros. but the chancellor repeated his

promised that no one in germany would be left behind. shalt says take away from 2022, sticking together in a crisis is good for everyone, including germany. and that is the latest on d. w and used this our marion a as in steamed for me and the entire news team here in berlin. thanks for watching with interest the global economy our portfolio d w business beyond. here's a closer look at the project. our mission.